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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is a Gikuyu warrior's spear?
(a) Between 3 and 4 feet.
(b) Between five and six feet.
(c) Over six feet long.
(d) Four feet long.

2. For what is the man's hut used?
(a) Storing weapons and living.
(b) Sleeping and greeting visitors.
(c) Family gatherings.
(d) Religious ceremonies.

3. What were the people who lived in the forests called?
(a) Aathi.
(b) Gumba.
(c) Ndorobo.
(d) Masai.

4. In what year was Kenyatta delegated to present the Gikuyu point of view with regard to land matters to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1929.

5. What does Mr. Kenyatta recognize which is all important?
(a) His lack of education.
(b) The danger of fame and fortune.
(c) The danger of his own bias.
(d) His love of the European culture.

6. What is the sign of wealth among the Gikuyu?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Sons.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Goats.

7. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?
(a) My land.
(b) My earth.
(c) My garden.
(d) My property.

8. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?
(a) Wukumbi.
(b) Kaigumbi.
(c) Waiyaki
(d) Kikumboo.

9. The educated, intellectual minority of Africans were dismissed as ___________.
(a) "Dreamers."
(b) "Stupid natives."
(c) "Fools."
(d) "Agitators."

10. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?
(a) Horses and cattle.
(b) Pigs and calves.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Sheep and goats.

11. Why did the Gikuyu men get their wives pregnant all at the same time?
(a) To follow an old tribal custom.
(b) To build up the numbers of tribe members.
(c) To force a change to a patriarchal society.
(d) To prove their virility.

12. What is the mbari or nyomba?
(a) Hut of a female Gikuyu.
(b) Hut of a male Gikuyu.
(c) Family group.
(d) Witch doctor.

13. How does Mr. Kenyatta present the facts?
(a) Objectively without feeling.
(b) Sorrowfully.
(c) With great passion.
(d) With anger.

14. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1921.

15. What quote from William James was in the Introduction to the book?
(a) "Beware of ethnic prejudice."
(b) "Progress is a terrible thing."
(c) "Beware of anthropologists."
(d) "Intuition is more important than mere facts,:

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did the Gikuyu buy grain?

2. What is the approximate population of the Gikuyu country?

3. What was the founder of the Gikuyu tribe called?

4. What is the Gikuyu name for millet?

5. A man who owns a hut is referred to as __________.

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